Of God And Science reviewed

Of God And Science
Of God And Science
(Detach)

The cover art of this debut album depicts a duel (the winner of which is revealed inside), but any struggle the band are experiencing gets swept up in lollygagging acoustic love songs.

Being from Albuquerque, the closest musical relative Of God And Science have are The Shins, who have since relocated to the Pacific Northwest. That leaves miles and miles of sand and highway, and the band use all of it to spread out and get comfortable. “Into The Light” slowly awakens and can’t tell if it’s dusk or dawn. Some of the electronic noodling and thick reverb runs adjacent to My Morning Jacket’s nighttime backyard treasure hunts, but mostly Of God And Science dream of the West Coast with road dust caking their eyelids shut. “America’s Queen” taps into a sleazy, ’70s guitar line and “5’7″” may have just taken the needle off OK Computer, but it’s not until they “Drift Alone” do they sound at home.

7

— Steve Forstneger

Click here to download “5’7″.”

Category: Spins, Weekly